Ben Johnson on Caleb Williams and O-Line.mp4

Bears coach Ben Johnson describes what he hopes to see from Caleb Williams and also discusses the importance of improving the Bears offensive line.

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00:00Listen, it's clear that modern football in the NFL is quarterback driven, that is no

00:13secret.

00:14You can look at analytics, right now, quarterback success is a higher predictor of winning and

00:21losing than turnover ratio, which has been for 20 plus years, okay?

00:26That's changed.

00:27So there's no doubt Caleb played a large component into my decision.

00:34He is a phenomenal talent that had, as many quarterbacks do, an up and down rookie year.

00:44Where I see my role is as a supporter of him.

00:49This offense will be calibrated with him in mind.

00:52We're going to build this thing, this is not simply a dropping of a previous playbook down

00:57on the table and starting there, nope.

00:59We're ripping this thing down to the studs and we're going to build it up with him first

01:02and foremost, and then with the pieces around him next.

01:06I really look forward to challenging him and pushing him, as I said before, to continue

01:12to grow and develop.

01:13Yeah, I think offensive line is certainly an area that we need to get better play from

01:18going forward.

01:20Something that Ryan and I have already talked about.

01:23We will develop a plan of attack for how to get that done, but I'm looking forward

01:28to getting an excellent offensive line coach into the building to help develop the young

01:32talent that we already have on the roster.

01:36We will certainly talk about acquiring talent to bolster that unit as well.